Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace

General overview of the history of writing.

Contents:
Preface
Introduction: The scholar in his study
Phaedrus: hearing Socrates, reading Plato
From the Alexandrian Library to the virtual library and beyond
Hyperlink: The instability of the text
From the Codex page to the homepage
Hyperlink: The shrine of nonlinear reading
The persistence of the old and the pragmatics of the new
Hyperlink: Who owns that idea?
The ancients and the moderns: the classics and western civilizations
Augustine today: linear narratives and multiple pathways
The new liberal arts: teaching in the postmodern world
Hyperlink: How does teaching work?
What becomes of universities? (For professors only)
Cassiodorus: Or, the life of the mind in cyberspace